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1973 – Autochromes by Stéphane Passet

Posted on December 31, 2017 by

In the turbulent year of 1913 Stéphane Passet made this autochrome of the Russian monastery of Panteleimonos. Stéphane François Marie Passet (1875-1941) was an amateur photographer and appointed operator on behalf of the Archives de la Planète (Archives of the Planet). … Continue reading →

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1964 – Panteleimonos in 1882

Posted on December 10, 2017 by

Last week I purchased this engraving from a German internet store. It is published in 1882 in “Illustrirte Chronik der Zeit”, a German magazine that was published every two weeks between 1872 and 1900. Most special about this engraving is … Continue reading →

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1955 – The story of the three WWII soldiers who came to thank the monks in 1944

Posted on November 24, 2017 by

  In November 1944, three New Zealand servicemen (here two of them on the photo in front of Paulou monastery HV) went to Mount Athos in northern Greece, to present citations to various monasteries whose inhabitants, in spite of serious risks to … Continue reading →

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1950 – Athos in French magazine “Le Miroir”

Posted on November 11, 2017 by

In 1917  a French Russian army occupied Mount Athos. On this picture from the French magazine Le Miroir a soldier, two monks and a Greek policeman are posing for the photographer, not at the monastery of Panteleimonos, as is suggested … Continue reading →

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1947 – the ‘new’ Paleo Monastiro

Posted on October 25, 2017 by

The largescale renovations of the Russian settlements on the Holy Mountain were announced a couple of years ago, knowing that in 2016 the special celebrations of Russians 1000 years on Athos would take place. Not only the main monastery Roussikon … Continue reading →

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1941 – Panteleimonos monastery 2017

Posted on September 17, 2017 by

Panteleimonos aerial: from our flight over Athos the 6th of May 2017 Arriving at the monastery  The clock tower on the left, the blue East wing in the middle and the katholicon on the right Above the palmtree: the double … Continue reading →

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1940 – the 2017 pilgrimage: arriving at Xenofontos and the hike to Roussikon

Posted on September 13, 2017 by

The 8th of May: the beginning of our 2017 pilgrimage (photo’s Jitze) The boat with pilgrims arrives at Docheiariou monasterya new chapel near DocheiariouThe boat from Ouranopolis arriving at the large jetty of XenofontosNear the pier: a new house for workers … Continue reading →

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